Cigarette case with spring follower



1950 G. BREITWIESER 2,519,020

CIGARETTE CASE wrm SPRING FOLLOWER Filed June 18, 1947 I z INVENTOR.

fiwgeBrezh/zemr Patented Aug. 15, 1950- 2 ,519,020 crcmemmxss wimsesm'erottowse Georgel'ireitwieser, Flemin Application- June it; 1947semi-Nb 755,3'6i

'iireobject of'the' Invention" is'to' provide a cig- Cais'e, in which 2.131111 2111331 of cigarettes are contained, and fifii- Whi'b'li (filemay be conveniently extracted, fip'o'i'i' which" flie'Othets'flbdisposed a-manner to" readily extract or discii'argethe nextcigarette.

The" invention consists of a casing shaped to lioIda' number of'cigarettes, say about ten, with a discharge opening atone e'rid andmeans within the casingfor discharging the cigarette beneath saidopeningg the remaining cigarettes being sub-'- jected-tb a. pressurefrom a spring which is placed iri ressure position by a slidable sleeve,and whichspring has a self contained inherent resiliency mhich whenonce'di's'pdsed in'to operative position servesto use up its tensionuntil all of the cigarettes have been discharged, whereuponitisnec'essaLryto again dispose the sprin'g'into-operative position;

Elie-invention will be: further described, an embodiment thereof shownin the drawings, and the invention will be finally pointed out in theclaims the accompanying drawings,

Fig; 1 is-a perspective view of the improved cigarett'e container, inphantom form: to show the improved spring;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on 1ine'2-2 of- Fig. 1;-

Fig. a bottom view of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a horizontal detail section taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 2; V

Fig. 5 is an-end'view ofFig'. 2;

Fig. 6 is a detail section taken on line 6--6 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 7 is a vertical end view of the cigarette pusheras seen fromline'l-J of-Fig. 2, and

Figj8 is ardiag'rammatic drawing: of the spring action;

Similar characters of reference indicate corre" spending partsthroughout the various views:

Refei' iing' to the drawings,- the casing i is of enera rectangularshape, having top I 1-,.a bottom: It; side walls [3 and 13h,- and endwalls M emf Ha Within the casing [his a spring (5, comparable to a watchspring, which has one end la hinged to a. pusher it, formed of twocigarette embrac inc-members l1, and Ila, and intermediate mackets [8,which support a. rod l9 to which rod [9 the spring I5 is suitablysecured, preferably by bending it into loop shape and securing the endto the main portion. Preferably a weight 19a is suitably secured to thelower member Ila. The spring i5 then extends downwardly towards thebottom l2 of the casing" It, in slightly curved 2 (Cl. zet -nit) 2 formand terminates at the fiirt'fiei" erid m1- of tire casing" to, wherersscarred t6 the'tbttsmj f2. This" is dbne' prefefably having the of thespring l5 enters not: 1 indie iiottont'aiicf ti'reniieid'in fixedposition we solder'ZZ' (Ffgt'm. A sewers snrrcundin'gtne spring"lt'seryes' to" piece" the spring f5 into" tension position. {parts orthe full line position shown in Fig. 2; frfie sieeve'fi; aster-en losingqhesprm rs, has divergent extensions 26 (Fig: 6)" which act-as a guideremove an opposed tracts"?! formed Bytes tottom 1%,thesetracl'rs'beir'ig' spaced from eaai' oflier to form a slot 28. Tothese xtensfons. there issecure'cr a" lip 29*, the flanges spjcr whichmove albhg'thfeb'otifoin or metraciizs wands).

- This sfeeveze-ismoyedmwtiieposrtiozrsnowir in fulllih'es in Fig; 2whereby the Brackets" It which serve asa plunger orpressure member-me a:osition toact outlieadiacentcigaretfi oia ciiarge; of say,Q'ci'garetteS; whereby all qf'tlie" cigarettes are under pressuret'ethe" end or plateiiig are furthest cigaretteinto-discharge osition:The sleeve 25 istheir returned to its mien post tibnclose to the eiidfof the as shown iii dotted lines Fig 2; wher p tiie spijing exerts it"spressure u 'on the cigaretfestlielfistdne has=beeh discharged;

The-discharge of'aigarettes madepossibleby a, sfiep- 35' aligned withthe bottom end of thf' cigarette,- which end isflush with thetop or two-Parallel ridges 211; (-Fig; 25-. The step 35* has an upwardly extendingmember 3'6, bent at its upper end 3'61; secured we decorative handle 31-of plastic or the like. slot 31a in the'end lld permits movement or theend 313a. A- helical spring 38 Seats at one endagainst this bent".

portion, and. presses it downwardly. 'Ijhedth'ef' end of the spring 38presses against a bent portion as of a guiding member 4'0: This memberWhite -zislot' 40a topermit" tiiepassa'ge of the'step- 35-, and the" twolegs 4-1 formed have their lowerendeformed'intoton ues 421:0"- engageslots 43 m the" bottom F2 and then upset; and preferstiy' soldered (Fig;3). An inside plate- 3w is t me member 3'6} and mores with it,upcraawmoeover'tne-slbt-ou memsme Ridges" I-l'a cnthe inside or thewaiis sci-yeto stiffen the wail's and guide the" cigarettes. The well(fr prevent-die spring abutting against the cigflettei- The top H ishinged at one end at H, and has a. detachable clasp 45 at its other end.A shutter 46 having its sides bent over the top slides between twoabutments (I and 48, between which the top has the opening 50, slightlylarger than the circumference of a cigarette 5!. The shut ter 46 isshown in its open position in Fig. 1, and in its closed position in Fig.2.

when the case is empty, the cover l l is opened and a charge ofcigarettes is disposed therein,

the sleeve 25 having nrst been moved from its ing 50. The button 31 isthen moved to raise the step 35, and the cigarette on the step is thenpushed upwardly to have its end project from the casing 10, and ready tobe grasped and drawn out by the user. The shutter is then again moved toclose the opening 50. The braces l7 and Na then keep on pressing theremaining cigarettes of the charge, and align the next cigarette belowthe opening 50, so that the one over the step 35 is ready to bepartially projected when desired, as described.

Finally, in the embodiment, the ridges 21a. incline upwardly at 2'1 b,and raise the end cigarette slightly. The brace I! has a bent upprojection llb, which may abut against the spring,so as to prevent thebrace H from moving over too far. This projection llb causes the bracescounterbalanced by the weight [9, to always be in a position to abutagainst the vertical position of the cigarette.

The spring 15 when placed under tension into the position shown in Fig.2 in full lines, is allowed to work out its release from tension as thecigarettes are individually removed. While the slide, 25 is shown infull lines in Fig. 2, in which position it places the spring 15 underits operative tension, it is to be understood that the slide isimmediately moved from left to right to its extreme right hand position,where the slide 25 abuts against the end of the slot 28. This endposition of the slide [5 is shown in Fig. 8. The sprin I5 is thus freeto work under its own law of operation as shown diagrammatically in Fig.8. After the last cigarette has been discharged, the slide 25 is thenmoved into its full line position as-shown in Fig. 2, the cover II isopened, a charge of cigarettes is placed into the casing, the cover isclosed, and the slide immediately moved to its position as shown in Fig.8.

l I have described several forms of my invention, but obviously variouschanges may be made in the details disclosed without departing from thespirit of the invention as set out in the followin claims:

.I. claim:

1. In a cigarette holder, the combination of a plurality of cigarettes,a casing for holding said cigarettes in a vertical position one parallelwith theother having two end and a plurality of intermediate cigaretteswhen filled, one end cigarette being a discharge cigarette and the otherend cigarette being a pressure cigarette, a top wall above saidcigarettes perpendicularly disposed to the longitudinal axes of saidcigarettes, and havin an opening above the discharge cigarette for thedischarge of said end cigarette from the casing, a bottom wall belowsaid cigarettes and parallel with the top wall, a spring of flat shapehaving one end secured to the bottom wall substantially below thedischarge opening in the top wall, and having a main 5 portion of thelength of said bottom wall with a part extending in curved form upwardlyfrom said bottom wall and towards the pressure cigarette, said springforming a tension activating circular partial convolution in a verticalplane 10 passing through the vertical axes of the cigarettes and of suchresiliency as to exert a pressure upon the pressure cigarette until thecigarettes have been discharged, a brace pivoted -to the free end of thespring to abut against the pressure cigarette, and means holding thespring from exerting pressure on said brace, and '1 holding theextending part with its brace in a temporary stationary position at theend of the casing opposite to its discharge end for filling 2 cigarettesbetween said brace and the discharge end of the casing, said holdinmeans when released, enabling the spring to exert its resiliency uponsaid brace from the cigarette filled position to cigarette dischargedposition.

'5 2. In a cigarette holder having a casing, the combination of a falsebottom wall for said casing having a longitudinal slot, and forming aguiderail, a slidin member movable alongsaid slot on said guide rail,said slot extending 50 substantially the length of the casing, a springof flat shape of the general character of a watch spring and normallycoiled to almost a circular shape for tensing activation and of greaterlength than the slot, the length of the spring correspending to thelength of the slot being the main:

part and disposed in a plane longitudinally perpendicular to the falsebottom, said main part having one end secured to one end of the bottomwall, said sliding member embracing said spring for moving the mainpart, when the sliding member moves along said slot, from its circularshape activated position into a position flattened along the length ofsaid false bottom inactivating the said main part of the spring, saidmain part 45 having an extension beyond said sliding mern-;

her when the sliding member is at the spring inactivating position.

GEORGE BREITWIESER.

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